The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

convenient IOr several Gays DeIOrt en-
barking.-N Y. Mail.
I'm Boston curious holiday novelty
is call bell for desks and dining
tables. 1t is made of cecoanut with a
pigs head in metal in front and metal
pigs tail behind. When one rings the
tail the pig grunts out succession of
muffled bell strokes.
THAT prescription you gave me
last week, DOCTOR" said Crocus, sis a
medical miracle" 81 know it, sir, :"
said the doctor, proudly, 1--WE been
using it for ten years and it never killed
a patient yet" And afterwards he
thinks that somehow this wasn't exactly
what he intended to say.-Bob Burdette.
To Governor Squire, of Washington
Territory, is attributed the statement
that Washington Territory is the finest
hop-raising country in the world, and
that one hop farm in that Territory, the
largest in the world, is over three hun
.dred acres in extent. About thirty
Thousand tons will be raised there this
year.
The course of true love may be
traced in the eight letters produced in
the hearing of breach of promise case.
The first letter commenced Dear Mr..
Smith, then followed My dear john
then My darling John, My own dar-
ling Jack My darling john Dear
John, Dear sir, Sir, and all was over.
Volumes could not say more.
Seven Indians-Big Thunder, the
Grow chief, among the number-were
drowned while attempting to cross the
Missouri river ten miles north of Bis
marck. Big Thunder was one of the
most famous chiefs of the Crow nation,
and his son, White Eagle, is said to
have been with the party when the ac-
-cident occurred. The Indians were
crossing to join band of their tribe,
which started out to wreak vengeance
on the Sioux, who killed number Of
Grows several days ago Chicago Mail.
William Hennessey, of Bridgeport,
Conn, has been predicting for the last
fourteen years that he would die on the
oath of November. People tried in vain
to laugh OF argue him out of the idea,
and when the 24th came he dressed up
in his best clothes and went out and sat
down in the barn to wait for the sum-
mons. Some rotten beams gave way
and the building fell in, but 10! and
behold, William was pulled out unhurt,
and has set out to live another fourteen
years.-Hartord Courant.
-Palinkromes, or sentences that spell
The same backwards or forwards, are
becoming popular again. Some have
Oeen published recently in the american.
Two good ones came through the New
York Graphic. One, referring to Ger
berus, is: "Dog, as deifed devil, lived
adeified as god" The other is: eve
damned Eden, mad Eve" Both of
these are new and good. A Massachu-
sets editor recently got the craze, and
after returning from a poor theatrical
performance perpetrated this: "Stars,
{ Baltimore american.
The other afternoon as Farmer
Kellogg's oxen were drawing heavy
load up Spring Hill, Conn, the load
shifted to the rear, raising the tongue
of the cart and lifting the oxen nearly
off their fore feet. Mr.. Kellogg was I'M
able to release them and the oxen We're
fast choking to death, when passing
neighbor came to Kellogg's assistance.
They both mounted the cart tongue and
managed to unyoke the oxen, but not
before one of them was so thoroughly
choked that he fell as though dead
when released from the yoke. He soon
recovered, however.-N. Y Sun.
"A large eagle made its appearance
in the town of Richmond and attacked
small boy named John Donahower,
about eleven or twelve years of age.
The snow made it difficult for the eagle
to strike young Donahower above his
boots, but it fought the boy savagely.
The lad had nothing with which to de-
fend himself except the boots on his feet,
which he used to good purpose in kick
ing the eagle until he killed it. 1t was
a strange thing for an eagle to swoop
down and engage in struggle with y
boy for his life Winona (Minn.) Re
publican.
In view of the more or less aggres-
sive attacks upon the Jews in several
countries of Europe during the current
year, the statistics of the Jewish Annual
for 1886 are of current interest. From
the figures printed in this useful alma
nae it appears that there are $500, 900
Jews in the world. Of this large num-
Der only $4,000 are in Palestine, and
New York City alone has probably as
many. The number of Jews in the
United States is 100000. Germany has
$4,000 Jewish citizens, while France
has but $4,000. In proportion to its
size and population Russian Poland.
with its 76S, 900 Jews, is probably more
nearly strictly Jewish country than
any other in Europe. &